On Mar 8, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Kyle Mcallister wrote:
If during this financial mess we can monitor volcanoes (which we can do NOTHING about), we can watch the skies a little better.
Volcano monitoring here in Alaska is pretty important. Volcanic eruptions affect air traffic routing and people's daily lives in terms of preparedness, carrying masks, buying air filters, stocking up on food, and scheduling work, trips, etc. It is also important for the science of volcanology.
I agree asteroid monitoring is important too. See: http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/asteroidRadar.pdf Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
